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John Sands pictured front left, carrying his sons coffin in May 1981 News Letter ( Belfast).Tuesday, June 17, 2014The father of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands has died in hospital aged 91. John Sands was not a public figure and was rarely mentioned in the media. He died surrounded by his family on Saturday morning. […]

Tom Kelly. Irish News Belfast). Monday, June 16, 2014 THERE is a play in the West End at the moment called Hobson’s Choice and it focuses on the limited options open to the unfortunate cobbler Henry Hobson. The term Hobson’s choice is known as having no real choice at all; one either takes […]

Shane Coleman.Sunday, Independent. ( Dublin). Sunday, June 15, 2014 Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s toughness beneath the smiles is becoming increasingly apparent Watching the Taoiseach in action in recent months calls to mind the Greta Garbo line that anybody “who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening”. Behind the outwardly benign persona, […]

It increasingly appears that all the Taoiseach has to offer is a nod, a wink, an unfunny quip, and very little else. John Drennan. Sunday Independent ( Dublin). Sunday, June 15, 2014 Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Photo: Mark Condren The knives may not yet be out for Enda. But as ministers nip at the Taoiseach’s previously virgin political […]

The two parties share an intimate knowledge of the difference between being in power and being in office J ohn Drennan. IRISH INDEPENDENT ( Dublin). June 15, 2014 WILL SINN FEIN RAIN ON HIS PARADE? Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin with Sean Sherwin at the Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown. Photo: Gareth Chaney […]